Spider Monkeys in the wild: Spider monkeys are “New World” monkeys. This means they are found in the western hemisphere (North and South America). “Old World” monkeys are found in the eastern hemisphere (Australia, Africa, Eurasia). You can learn more about them on this Wiki’s “Meet a Spider Monkey” page. Spider monkeys prefer to live in the upper canopy, or tree tops of tropical rainforests in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. In the tropical rainforests, they almost never come down to the ground but prefer to remain high in the trees. The map below will show you where they live.
Spider Monkeys in zoos: Many zoos in the United States have Spider Monkeys. The map below shows where some of them are. You can click on each of the placemarks to see which zoo has spider monkeys. See if you can find a zoo near you that has spider monkeys!
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Spider Monkeys in the wild:
Spider monkeys are “New World” monkeys. This means they are found in the western hemisphere (North and South America). “Old World” monkeys are found in the eastern hemisphere (Australia, Africa, Eurasia). You can learn more about them on this Wiki’s “Meet a Spider Monkey” page.
Spider monkeys prefer to live in the upper canopy, or tree tops of tropical rainforests in southern Mexico, Central America and northern South America. In the tropical rainforests, they almost never come down to the ground but prefer to remain high in the trees. The map below will show you where they live.
Spider Monkeys in zoos:Many zoos in the United States have Spider Monkeys.
The map below shows where some of them are. You can click on each of the placemarks to see which zoo has spider monkeys.
See if you can find a zoo near you that has spider monkeys!